The Los Angeles Lakers have the potential to contend for the NBA Championship for years. With LeBron James soon turning 41 years old, there’s a chance that he either retires or leaves the Los Angeles Lakers next summer. However, on a positive note, the Lakers already have their next cornerstone superstar in Luka Doncic.

The LA Lakers absorbed a massive blowout on Christmas Day, yielding to the Houston Rockets, 119-96. It was the Lakers' third straight loss of the season, which dropped them to the fifth seed with a 19-10 record.

"Tonight we were a terrible basketball team," Redick said after Thursday’s 119-96 loss to Houston, a third-straight blowout defeat.

During the Lakers' 80th season of existence (they were founded back in 1946 as the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League), LeBron Wire is taking a look at each player who has worn their jersey, whether it has been a purple and gold one or the ones they donned back in the Midwest during their early years.

The Los Angeles Lakers are in a world of trouble after Austin Reaves left the Rockets game early due to injury.

Before some NBA stars even hit their 24th birthday, they were already putting up triple-doubles at a pace most players never reach in an entire career. This list highlights the young standouts who consistently filled the stat sheet and made their all-around impact impossible to ignore.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James prepares for his record 20th NBA Christmas Day game as LA hosts the Houston Rockets on Christmas day.

Simmons broke down a number of reasons why Kobe shouldn't take all the credit for the Lakers' title run in '09.